PXE booting over IPv6

Tóth András diosbejgli at gmail.com
Wed Nov 21 16:12:04 CET 2012


IPv6 routing with IP Base is available in 12.2SE releases as well, from
12.2(50)SE and later. Consult the Release Notes for details.

Andras


On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Tóth András <diosbejgli at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In 15.x releases IPv6 static and RIP routing is supported with IP Base as
> well. This is the case for the regular, -E, and -X series switches.
>
> To use all IPv6 features in this chapter, the switch or stack master must
> be running the IP services feature set. Switches running the IP base
> feature set support only IPv6 static routing and RIP for IPv6.
>
>
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst3750e_3560e/software/release/15.0_2_se/configuration/guide/swipv6.html
>
>
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst3750/software/release/12.2_58_se/configuration/guide/swipv6.html
>
> Best regards,
> Andras
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Nick Hilliard <nick at foobar.org> wrote:
>
>> On 21/11/2012 11:50, Ignatios Souvatzis wrote:
>> > Is that still so? When I talked years ago to our networking people,
>> > they said they would buy the upgraded hardware the next time they
>> > replaced anyway, as upgrading the firmware for new features was
>> > prohibitive. I'd assumed that v6 was available in new equipment since
>> > at least several years.
>>
>> There are three licenses:
>>
>> LAN base: static ipv4 routing only, no dynamic ipv4 routing, no ipv6
>> IP base: static + rip/ospf/eigrp ipv4 routing, no ipv6.
>> IP Services: static/rip/ospf/eigrp/isis/bgp ipv4 routing, static/rip/eigrp
>> ipv6 routing.
>>
>> There's no isis/bgp4 ipv6 routing support on this platform at the moment.
>>
>> Assuming a 24 port C3560-X switch, the GPL cost is:
>>
>> LAN Base:                       $0
>> IP Base:        C3560X-24-L-S=  $900
>> IP Services:    C3560X-24-L-E=  $4900
>>
>> The switch hardware itself (WS-C3560X-24T-L) has a list price of $3400.
>>
>> I.e. the license to get even base ipv6 L3 functionality (e.g. interface
>> configuration) costs almost 50% more than the price of the switch.
>>
>> This seriously sucks.
>>
>> Nick
>>
>>
>
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